ὀρνίθιον

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διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

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Transliteration A: orníthion Transliteration B: ornithion Transliteration C: ornithion Beta Code: o)rni/qion

English (LSJ)

τό, Dim. of ὄρνις,

   A small bird, Hdt.2.77, Ar. Av.223, Arist.HA609a16, al. ; esp. chicken, Cratin.113 ; τὰ χοιρίδια τέθνηκε καὶ τὰ μίκρ' ὀ. Stratt.58.

German (Pape)

[Seite 383] τό, dim. zu ὄρνις, Vögelchen, Her. 2, 77; bes. Hühnchen, oft bei Comic., vgl. Ath. IX, 373; Plut. Artax. 19.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀρνίθιον: [νῑ], τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ ὄρνις, μικρὸν πτηνόν, Ἡρόδ. 2. 77, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 1, 15, κ. ἀλλ.· μάλιστα «ὀρνιθόπουλον», Κρατῖνος ἐν «Νεμέσει» 3· τὰ χειρίδια τέθνηκε καὶ τὰ μίκρ’ ὀρν. Στράττις ἐν «Ψυχασταῖς» 2.